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TAMPA — Longtime Berkeley Prep coach Bobby Reinhart never stopped believing in his players Tuesday night. Not when the Bucs allowed an early advantage in the Class 4A region semifinal against Tampa Catholic to slip away and leave them trailing at halftime. And not when his team opened the second ...Read more

TAMPA — Berkeley Prep (22-6) drained 3-pointers at will in Thursday’s Class 4A region quarterfinal, and Lakeland McKeel (11-16) seemed to stand no chance as travel calls and fouls played into their downfall in a 76-61 loss to the Bucs. In the first half alone, the Wildcats committed 10 fouls ...Read more

TAMPA — For 23 minutes and 59 seconds, Berkeley Prep kept things under control in Friday’s Class 4A, District 10 final against Tampa Catholic. But in the final second of the third quarter, one mistake nearly became the Buccaneers’ undoing. Clinging to a two-point lead, a botched inbound pass from ...Read more

MELBOURNE — Berkeley Prep lacked the finishing touches Wednesday night to advance and play for a state championship. The Buccaneers fell behind in the first half and could never muster enough offense to break through against Delray Beach American Heritage, falling to the Stallions 3-0 in a Class 2A state ...Read more

There will be three teams from the Tampa Bay area represented at this week’s girls state soccer tournament in Melbourne. Palm Harbor University, Berkeley Prep and Land O’Lakes each made it through region play last week. And all three teams did it by relying on defense. In their respective region ...Read more

FORT MYERS — Berkeley Prep edged Bishop Verot 1-0 in the Class 2A region final to reach state. The Buccaneers started the second half aggressively. Ellie Laxer hit the right post with a shot in the 37th minute, then had an effort hit the crossbar. Laxer finally cashed in against ...Read more

TAMPA — Academy of the Holy Names coach Chris Severini’s had one objective for his team going into Tuesday’s Class 4A, District 10 semifinal against Sarasota Booker: work quickly to seize momentum early. In two previous regular-season meetings with the Tornadoes, the Jaguars earned slim, single-digit victories. That wasn’t the ...Read more

ST. PETERSBURG — After 80 minutes of scoreless action between St. Petersburg Catholic and Berkeley Prep in a Class 2A region semifinal Tuesday, it was only fitting that the hard-fought game would extend into overtime. Once extra time got underway, Berkeley (19-8-2) wasted little time applying pressure to SPC’s (12-4-0) ...Read more

TAMPA — This season has largely been an uphill climb for Lakewood. After reaching the Class 5A state final last March, the Spartans endured almost a complete roster overhaul this fall with only one returning starter, Anthony Lawrence Jr. That kind of youth and inexperience has led to some frustrating ...Read more

TAMPA — When they met earlier this month, Tampa Catholic’s Thomas Dziagwa and Kevin Knox combined for 49 points to lead the Crusaders to a big 4A-10 district win over Berkeley Prep. Adjustments were clearly made by the Bucs, as they held the duo in check on their way to ...Read more

Each week, our HomeTeam staffers nominate male and female Hot Shot athletes from each of the counties we cover. Then we turn the voting over to readers. These nominations span Saturday, Jan. 10 through Friday, Jan. 16. The winners get a T-shirt and bragging rights over every other school in ...Read more

TAMPA - Defense was on display at Berkeley Prep on Wednesday night in the semifinals of the Class 2A, District 9 tournament. Top seed St. Petersburg Catholic (8-2) avenged its only district loss of the season, this time holding Tampa Prep (8-3-3) to only three shots on goal en route ...Read more

TAMPA — After watching a 10-point second half lead melt away, Berkeley Prep needed a dose of inspiration if it was to snap a week-long funk and beat archnemesis Tampa Prep at the Headmaster’s Challenge. Jacob Mathis provided it. The Berkeley Prep junior, who is the team’s leading scorer, finished ...Read more

ST. PETERSBURG — The top spot in Class 2A, District 9 was on the line Wednesday night as the Berkeley Prep boys soccer team looked to overtake host St. Petersburg Catholic in the standings. And the Buccaneers did just that, scoring two goals less than two minutes apart in the ...Read more

TAMPA — Tampa Catholic has relied on its top scorers, underclassmen Thomas Dziagwa and Kevin Knox, all season. Tuesday night was no different as the pair combined for 45 points in the Crusaders’ 66-62 victory over Class 4A, District 10 rival Berkeley Prep. It was the first district loss for ...Read more